Paris visite card - Zones 1-3 enough?

Hi all,

Am travelling to Paris with hubby in October. Staying for four nights in a hotel near the Eiffel Tower.

Have been told that the paris visite card is very good for all types of transportation to major sights in paris.

Have never been before - have investigated a little and have found that paris is split up into 6 zones. Would a travel card for zones 1-3 be sufficient for us?

Would anyone recommend buying a carnet of tickets instead?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

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Zones 1-3 conver all of central Paris and pretty much anyting you would want to see.

Not covered are the Airports, Versailles, Disneyland

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Hi Trensandiego,

Thanks for your swift reply.

Did you buy a visite card for your visit?

Magpie

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magpie,

most of the attractions are located within zones 1%26amp;2, travel to Versailles would be outside.

www.ratp.info/orienter/f_plan.php…

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The Paris Visite covers the centre of the city and therefore almost all of the major sites (Notre Dame, Montmartre, Eiffel Tower, museums) but not Versailles.

Most people on here seem to go for the carnet, but personally I%26#39;ve always found the Visite to be good value and easy to use. If, that is, you plan to use the Metro or buses a good bit, which if you%26#39;re out over by the Eiffel Tower you probably will. If you prefer to walk the carnet may be better value, but the thing with the Visite is it last days not journeys!

You can see the zones here (1 in the middle, and so on going outwards...):

parisbytrain.com/files/2008/08/ile-de-france…

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Hi plan09,

Thanks so much for your reply.

What type of ticket do you tend to buy when using transport in Paris?

Thanks

Magpie

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Hi Riostar,

Thanks so much for your help.

I think we will go for a visite card - we will not be going to versailles or disney - this is just our first visit. I will go now and look at your link.

Thanks so much for your help.

Magpie

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Personally I%26#39;ve always gone for the Visite; it is one ticket that lasts you throughout your visit and it good value for the amount of use I get from it (we use the Metro/buses a lot to save our feet to see all the things we%26#39;ve travelling to see!)

We tend to get a carnet to get us to the Gard du Nord on our final day and use the Visite to cover the rest of our holiday.

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Magpie,

You%26#39;re welcome. Sorry, thought your previous reply was for me, hence my prior post!

Enjoy your visit to Paris :-)

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The advantage of the Paris Visite card is you don%26#39;t have to worry about fares and you can use it on the RER, Métro and buses, etc.. For a visitor it can be ideal as it%26#39;s one less thing to worry about. It comes with a good transport map and it also offers some discounts. ratp.info/picts/…20paris-touriste.pdf

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Hi Magpie,

I have just returned from a 3 day trip to Paris. I purchased the Paris Visite and I was so glad I did. I paid for Zones 1-6 because I wanted to use it to get to and from CDG airport and Versailles and also for the general metro/RER use. It%26#39;s convenient and easy to use and worth it if you are going to travel a lot. A least with the Paris Visite you just need one ticket which you use for all your train/bus travels and therefore there is no need to queue at stations or to carry around a number of carnets or the like.

Hope this helps :-)